Ephemerous drinking-cup and advertising medium



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A. LE G. PEIRGE.

EPHEMOROUS DRINKING 0UP AND ADVBRTISINGVMBDIUM. No. 496,131. PatentedApr. 25, 189-3.

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ALMY LE GRAND PEIROE, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

EPHEMEROUS DRINKING-CUP AND ADVERTISING MEDIUM.

SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 496,131, dated April25, 1893.

Application filed May 21, 1892.

To all whom, it may concern;

Be it known that I, ALMY LE GRAND PEIROE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Oincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State ofOhio, have invented a certain new and useful Ephemerous Drinking-Cup andAdvertising Medium; and I do declare the following to be afull, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to provide for public drinking-places,such as are found in hotels, assembly halls, rail-way depots and cars,watering places, fountains, 850., and within convenient reach thereat,drinking cups for each individual frequenter of the liquid dispensary,who after done with it, may throw the same away and thereby avoid theobjectionable features of a successive use of one and the same vesselbya great many persons. Such an arrangement as to use requires of'course a large quantity of cups or tumblers, and to make the ideafeasible, especially as to the matter of expense, I have selected amaterial and devised a construction which makes the cost of a tumbleronly nominal. This cost is further reduced by using the cups as a mediumfor carrying advertisements, for which use they are especially adapted,owing to the fact, that they pass through the hands of a large multitudeof people. The material should be very light, so as to reduce the weightwhere quantities of them have to be carried, like for instance inrailroad cars, and their shape should be so, that large numbers may beclosely packed or nested together. A special apparatus is desirable andsuitably located, which is provided with a sufficient supply of cups andfrom which by an easy and convenient manipulation, each user extractsthe cups as he needs them. I have devised such an apparatus which I makehowever the subject of a separate patent for which I filed anapplication on June 7, 1892, Serial No. 435,864. In the selection of thematerial, while little weight, combined with a sufficieut degree ofimperviousness to liquids, are essential features, the possibility ofattaching Serial No. 453.895. (No model.)

the advertisements in a convenient and ready manner must also be dulyregarded. As to weight, I have found paper the best material, andparticularly the sheet-paper, in contradistinction to paper-pulp, orpapier-mach, because the former is not only cheaper, but permits alsothe more ready attachment of the advertising matter, which is printedonthe blank-sheet of the shell before the cups are formed. Among the:different kinds of sheet-paper, I find the so-called tag-paper the mostsuited, because it possesses a sufficient degree of imperviousnessagainst liquids, to enable the cups to readilyhold their contents for areasonable time, sufficient for their purpose and prevent them fromgetting soft before their usefulness has passed.

The construction of this cup is explained in the following specificationand pointed out in the claims concluding the same as well asillustratedin the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1, shows in a perspectiveview the front side of the cup. Fig. 2,shows in a similar view the rearside of the same. Fig. 3, is a view of the blank-sheet of the shell ofthe cup. Fig. 4, shows in an enlarged view the manner of forming thejoint, where the upright edges of the blank are connected. Fig. 5, is avertical, central section through the blank after the same has been bentto form the shell. Fig. 6, is a perspective View of the bottom of thecup, detached. Fig. 7, is avertical, central section through thecompleted cup and after the bottom, shown in the preceding figure, hasbeen put in position.

The shape of this cup is preferably that of an inverted cone-frustumwhich shape per mits ready and close nesting and packing.

10, is the blank of the shell, cut so as to form the proper shape of thecup, when bent and connected. Before bending and con necting however,the advertising matter is best printed thereon, as well as a notice,containing the necessary information as to the manner in which the cupshould be used, respectively disposed of after use. The advertisingmatter is best printed on a space in closed by some ornamental figure,like a shield for instance, as shown at 11, which more readily attractsthe attention of the user to the printed matter thereon. The edges 12,

and 13, of the shell are brought together, one lapping suificie'ntlyoverthe other to permit a proper union to be accomplished and which union iscompleted by means of a suitable glue or cement. The shell appears nowas shown in Figs. 2, pleted by the attachment of the bottom 14. Thislatter also forms the means to stiffen the otherwise flimsy structureand aid it in retaining its shape and therefore should be of aconstruction sulficiently rigid to accomplish such purposes. For thisreason I construct the bottom as shown in Fig. 6, that is provided withan integral flange 15, the whole being cut out and formed in oneoperation by a suitable punch and die. The taper of this flange15,-corresponds with the taper of the shell so as to produce a closecontact and joint between the two. This latter isfinished by means ofglue or cement. To obviate an open spacebetween the flange-of the bottomand the shell at a point where this lattersthickn-ess is increased byitsover-lapping edges at the joint, as shown at 16, Fig. 4, one of theseedges is shaved down as shown at 17, in the same figure. After thebottom is secured in place, the cup is completed byputting the falsebottom 18, inits proper position and securing it thcreat. Such properposition is against bottom 14 which provides the means to secure it to,through the'medium of glue. As the false bottom is also used to carryadvertising-matter it forms preferably a part of the blank of the mainshell, thereby permitting all the printing to be done in one operation.Such double bottom greatly increases the stilfness of the structure andfor the reaand 5, and the cup is com-.

son that the outer or false bottom is partly connected to the shell, thetwo bottoms, after glued to each other keep each other in place,especially while the glue is drying during the course of manufacture.The inner one or real bottom 14, is prevented from slipping up, and

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1. A drinking cup or tumbler constructed entirely of paper, andconsisting of thebody proper, the real bottom 14, secured to it byflanges 15, and the'false bottom 18, secured to the real bottom andthereby preventing the same from slipping inwardly, especially duringthe course of manufacture, allas substantially shown and described.

2. In a drinking-cup of the kind and for the purposes described, thecombination with a tapering'body or shell of a bottom 14, having aflange 15, ot' the same taperas the body or shell and the outer or falsebottom 18,.con-

nected to the shell, the two bottoms mutually assisting each other inretaining their position, all as substantially shown and described.

In testimony whereof I atfix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALMY LE GRAND PEIRCE.

Witnesses:

CHAS. SPENGEL, ALFRED M. DAVIS.

